Linus Upson, Google's vice-president of engineering, announced a new protection in a blog post last week that asks users to reset their account if Chrome's system detected a potential hacker.

The tech giant revealed that Chrome users' number-one complaint is hackers attempting to change their settings by tricking them to download malware — that is, software from untrusted sources with nefarious purposes.

Malware makes it impossible to revert back to the browser's original settings, Upson said in the post.

Missy Franklin, Jenny Simpson, Adeline Gray and three other Colorado women could be big players at the 2016 Rio OlympicsWhen people ask Missy Franklin for her thoughts about the Summer Olympics that will begin a year from Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro, she hangs a warning label on her answer.